On Behalf of My Delegation (Second Edition)
This backpacker’s guide to the world of climate change negotiations sums up key challenges faced by negotiators and ways to overcome these problems.
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The promise of nature-based infrastructure
In a world grappling with climate change and rapid urbanisation, the role of infrastructure in driving economic and social development cannot be overstated. Global infrastructure needs are immense, with Oxford Economics estimating that a staggering $3.7tn investment is needed annually. To close this gap, countries must increase the proportion of their GDP dedicated to infrastructure. Yet considering that infrastructure is responsible for 79% of total greenhouse gas emissions, according to the United Nations Office for Project Services, it is imperative that new projects not only bridge the infrastructure gap, but do so sustainably and with a low carbon footprint.
Statement: CETP signatories must stick to their commitment to fully prioritize international public finance for clean energy
A group of civil society organizations have released a statement calling on signatories to the Clean Energy Transition Partnership to meet their commitment to prioritize support for clean energy.
A Strategic Vision for Enhancing Naturalized Water Retention in Manitoba
Enhancing water retention infrastructure in Manitoba can provide numerous benefits, especially if it is naturalized and is located, designed, and maintained strategically.
COP 28 Side Event | Using Progress Reporting to Advance Your NAP: How countries track and assess progress
This event will launch a new NAP Global Network report that explores various approaches to NAP implementation, assessment, and reporting by countries worldwide. Discussions will shed light on the different systems and contexts in which progress reporting has been made to inspire and inform stakeholders about the importance of assessing progress.
COP 28 Side Event | A Strategic Imperative: Advancing climate-sensitive peacebuilding
This event will examine opportunities for aligning peacebuilding and adaptation objectives, highlighting perspectives from countries and development agencies who are confronting these twin challenges on the ground.
Billions in U.S. Funding Hasn't Convinced Developing World to Ditch Coal
South Africa and Indonesia, among the world's most coal-hungry economies, are backtracking on commitments they made to burn less of the fuel under agreements known as Just Energy Transition Partnerships, or JETPs, which offered them $28.5 billion from the U.S. and other wealthy nations. Officials are working to prevent the agreements from falling apart as governments convene in Dubai for COP28, the annual United Nations climate summit.
COP 28 Side Event | Tackling Climate Change in Africa's Protected Areas
This COP 28 side event will focus on climate change challenges in protected areas and potential interventions, including nature-based solutions.
COP 28 Side Event | Partnering for Climate: Supporting Nature-based Climate Solutions for Adaptation
In this COP 28 side event, Partnering for Climate project hosts will discuss the implementation potential of nature-based solutions for adaptation in Canada, sub-Saharan Africa, and Small Island Developing States, as well as Canada’s role in accelerating global climate action.
COP 28 Side Event | Accelerating Impact: Implementing learning in climate change adaptation policy
This panel will bring together governments from Commonwealth countries to examine what governments and other actors have learned from implementing climate adaptation in the context of NAP processes, the factors that drove or contributed to learning, and challenges in knowledge.